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The moment in which the mind acknowledges ‘This isn’t what I wanted, but it’s what I got’ is the point at which suffering disappears. ~ Sylvia Boorstein, Happiness is an Inside Job Did you know that today, February 12th, is mental Health Awareness day? It’s a day for talking about what most of society wouldn’t talk about in…

“An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.” ~ James Baldwin Can a chronic illness like MS affect your identity? You betcha! You see, personal identity (our sense of self) tends not to be an unchanging concrete thing. It tends more to be a…

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller Whew – life can get chaotic sometimes, can’t it? I think of my own life right now – talk about chaos! Sometimes I am exhausted just thinking about it: a new marriage; long-term things coming to a head at work; moving an…

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ” ~ Eleanor…

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. ~ Chauncey Depew You know, it still shocks…

Always concentrate on how far you’ve come, rather than how far you have left to go. ~unknown Part of coping with a chronic illness, or an on-going stressful situation of any type, is to celebrate your successes often. I had a mini celebration of my own recently. This past weekend marked the one year anniversary…

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. ~Maya Angelou One of the greatest feelings one can get is the feeling of selfless giving – knowing you have helped even just one person along their own journey. That feeling is priceless. Giving – you’d think it is all…